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Pontiroli, Luca
🇮🇹FIDE 861731· Male· Italy· Born in 1992
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Luca Pontiroli, a 34-year-old Italian player, is rated 1722 — just 18 short of his peak of 1740 (Jun 2025, age 33). He has fluctuated between 1682 and 1740 over the past 2 years. 72 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, CIS 2026 - Serie C Girone 4, and OP A squadre Scacchi alla Casina. Also played 4 rapid (including RAPID FIDE - IBIZA TRAVEL 2025) and 4 blitz events (including XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Blitz 2) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 25 months (2014–2016), 27 months (2017–2019) and 12 months (2021–2022).
Current rating
1722
Standard
Rpd1750·Blz1688
All-time high
1740
−18 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 33
Jun 2025 · age 33
Activity
46
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
62 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#102,130
#102,130 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1740
at age 33 · −18 from today
Jun 2025
Best 12-month gain (+188 Elo)
1535 → 1723
Feb 2025
100 career games
at age 33
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 32
Mar 2024
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1597 → returned at 1585
Oct 2021
2019
Crossed 1600
at age 27
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+26
1696 → 1722
Tournaments
8
54 games
Score
25/ 5446.3%
20W10D24L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVictor Fernandez Escabia1,969·XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group B·R1·+16.5
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #722 | 1852 | +34.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #11 | 1736 | +4.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #82 | 959 | -16.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #5 | 1671 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #62 | 1906 | +29.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/6 | #7 | 1572 | -19.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #53 | 1716 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #60 | 1648 | -12.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLorenzo Isotta
🇮🇹ITA·1784
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAttilio Gandolfi
🇮🇹ITA·1678
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAlberto Buzio
🇮🇹ITA·1770
+0 −2 =5
7 games·last met May 2023
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vsGiulio Albertazzi
🇮🇹ITA·1712
+3 −0 =2
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Italy
#3,442
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#72,295
in continent
World
#102,128
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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